Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.(Benjamin Franklin)

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.(Benjamin Franklin)

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.(Benjamin Franklin)

Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry.(Benjamin Franklin)

A little neglect may breed great mischief, '... for want of a nail, the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost and for want of a horse the rider was lost.'(Benjamin Franklin)

As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see but I apprehend it has received various corrupt changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his divinity tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and I think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble.(Benjamin Franklin)

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country he is a bird of bad immoral character like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.(Benjamin Franklin)

What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things.(Benjamin Franklin)

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted.(Benjamin Franklin)